Hylton, cropmarks

HER Number

16796

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton, cropmarks

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Archaeological Feature

Site Type: Specific

Cropmark

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Cropmarks of an enclosure to the south-west of North Moor Farm with internal features and faint cropmarks suggestive of rectilinear settlement to the south of Strother House Farm. Identified by Miket but could not be confirmed during a review of aerial photographs. Hints of cropmarks to the south of Strother House Farm visible on GoogleEarth images 2001.

Easting

433300

Northing

558990

Grid Reference

NZ433300558990

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates, 2014, Site south of Newcastle Road (A184) and West of A19 - Archaeological Assessment; Miket, R. 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear